ERIC Number: ED271186
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Mar
Pages: 35
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Update of Community College Transfer Student Statistics, University of California and the California State University, Fall 1985. Commission Report 86-11.
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento.
Since 1978, annual studies have been conducted of the flow of transfer students from the California community colleges to the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) systems. The studies have focused on trends in the numbers of transfers and the ethnicity, majors, and age of transfer students. Findings from the study of fall 1985 transfers, contrasted with findings from previous years, indicated that: (1) fewer students transferred from the community colleges to the UC and CSU systems in fall 1985 than in fall 1984, with a 6.2% decrease in UC transfers and a 1.5% decrease in CSU transfers; (2) community college districts and campuses varied widely with respect to the number of students and the magnitude of the change in the number of students who transferred between fall 1984 and fall 1985; (3) Hispanic transfer students increased in both numbers and percents in both the UC and CSU systems, while fewer Black students transferred to either segment, continuing a 3-year decline in their numbers and percentages; and (4) the percentage of Asian and Filipino transfer students in both segments continued to increase, though the number of Filipino transfer students remained small. Two factors were seen as possible influences on the decrease in transfer rates: the relatively new practice on some university campuses to admit as transfer students only those applicants who have met all requirements for junior standing; and the large decrease in first-time community college freshmen 2 years earlier. (RO)
Descriptors: Age, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Ethnic Groups, Females, Majors (Students), Males, Mexican Americans, Postsecondary Education, State Colleges, State Surveys, State Universities, Student Characteristics, Transfer Rates (College), Trend Analysis, Two Year College Students
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento.
Identifiers - Location: California
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